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Awesome!!!! Congratulations. Can't wait to hear more about it

Congratulations triathlete!

Great job and nice photo, Gloria!

My race report is up too.  I had an 'okay' day.  I'm glad I did the lake swim, and the run was good.  However, both my tires went flat on a rather 'dicey' (the race director's words) road.  I would've DNF'd if there would have been a race vehicle near by but there wasn't so I turned and cycled back to the race start!  I decided to do the run anyway.

I'm glad I kept going but this race will always have an asterisk for me.  When I get the official results, I will post my run and swim times.  I'm not too upset.  I sure learned a lot today!

Good job Tracy, glad you finished out and didn't let the flats stop you !! That takes a lot of heart. Learning from each race is what it is all about . 

Congratulations way to go !!!

You deserve a nice rest after that !

My race report is up with photos. I do not know my times they were not posted last time I checked the race website. I know it was slower than my last tri but I don't care. I finished and that was my only goal this time ! Overall I know I did the best I could for my ability and I learned what I need to improve on that is all that really matters to me right now.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/races-edit.asp?raceid=73536

hopefully the link well take you to the report.

thanks for all of the encouragement everyone , it really helped me keep going!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=123349

 try this link instead

Way to go Kristina, Gloria and Tracey!!!

Congrats on the upcoming addition to the family!

Good luck to Caius ,Rob and Neil on their races this weekend!! You guys rock , I can't wait to read the race reports. 

Thanks for the well wishes everyone! We left Toronto today and are in Watertown this evening. We thought that we'd split the 8 hour drive across two days so we're heading to LP tomorrow. Not that 8 hours is too long but my wife wanted to stop here to shop at Target.

Well, so far we haven't gone to target but she did make a nice dent in the credit card balance at Bath & Bodyworks, JC Penny, Borders and Victoria's Secret. Tomorrow, comes the BIG shop at Target. Oh my! Oh well, it's the least I can do considering that she has to put up with me. (don't tell anyone but I love shopping at Target as well)

Talk to you all (y'all) soon. I'll do my best to keep you posted on the trip/weekend.

Post up when you get a bib number or anything we can track you by on IronmanTV.

Hey, letting the wife shop/charge at Victoria's Secret is not a bad thing at all!

Good luck, bud!

Thank you! My bib number is 1038. We got into town this evening and are just about to settle into bed. Off for a swim early in the AM.

I usually the bucket of soapy water and hosepipe (as we say down South).  Dry throroughly, ride for a "spell", then dry again.  Light chainlube on the chain and cables.  Good to go.

I would like to find an organic degreaser though for my chains and sprockets.  I think Pedros and others make them, just haven't bought one yet.  I looooooove a shiny, clean sprocket!

Well on Wednesday, Lake Placid was still kind of quite but certainly not today. The town is buzzing with people and you can already feel the excitement in the air.

It all started this morning when I went down to the lake to do a lap of the swim course. There were about 100+ other triathletes there either coming out of the water or about to jump in. The IM folks had a tent set up where you could check in your bags. When you picked it up after your swim they'd give you a bottle of Gatorade. Music was playing and everyone was chatting and laughing as friends reconnected. It was a fantastic atmosphere.

In the afternoon, the main stip was just filled with people walking around, going in and out of stores, etc. In restaurants staff and other patrons would ask others if there were participating in the IM event on the weekend. If you answered yes you immediately received congratulation for just getting here and well wishes for Sunday. It was all pretty neat but to be honest and until I sat down to type this up it really hasn't hit me. Amazing!

I'll try to snap some picks and post them.

Anyone else racing this weekend?  I have a 16 or so mile mtn bike race Sunday morning.  Ordered a sports drink from FirstEndurance.  Supposed to alliveate cramping.  Ha!  I'll definitely put it to the test!  This is the same course as was the Xterra the other week.  Hopefully I'll be home by 12:30 or 1:00 PM to watch some IronmanTV.

Anyone else running a 5K for Christine today?  I ran this morning before work @ 27:14'ish.  Muggy and humid here.  Mid-90's later today.

Taking Mon-Wed off from the office.  Our kids go to wife's sister's every summer for 3 days.  Spouse and I usually bolt somewhere but this year we'll stay home and have a quiet house for 3 days.  Whoo-hoo!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Haven't run for Christine today but I did follow the thread here.  A co-worker has just had his brain tumor removed, and a good friend just had a mastectomy.  Both are doing well but Christine's story has affected me strongly.  I plan to dedicate the 5K in my next triathlon to her.

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!